Poetry doesn’t just ... is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! Written as a long letter of advice to the poet’s son, “If—” contains ...
Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.
Nursery rhymes teach children all manner of things using the language of poetry, writes Australian author and researcher ...
and experiences that excite and inspire me. Love. Art. Community. That’s it. The people that don’t bring me joy or peace? Edited out of the poem that is my life. The work that felt like it was ...
I was scared my parents wouldn’t let me study or write poems. That fear is what led me to adopt the pen name Jyoti Jungle. I ...
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...
To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.
This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Charles Ghigna — Father Goose ... Where do poems come from? After my school assembly programs, I like to allow time for students and teachers ...